Czech legislative election, 2002

Czech legislative election, 2002

14 and 15 June 2002
All 200 seats to the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic 101 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   150x150px Leader Vladimír Špidla Václav Klaus Miroslav Grebenicek Party ČSSD ODS KSČM Last election 74 seats 63 seats 24 Seats won 70 58 41 Seat change –4 –5 +17 Popular vote 1,440,279 1,166,975 882,653 Percentage 30.2% 24.5% 18.51%   Fourth party   150x150px Leader Cyril Svoboda Party KDU–ČSL Seats won 31 Seat change +11 Popular vote 680,670 Percentage 14.27%
PM before election Miloš Zeman ČSSD Elected PM Vladimír Špidla ČSSD

Parliamentary elections were held in the Czech Republic on 14 and 15 June 2002. The result was a victory for the Czech Social Democratic Party, which won 70 of the 200 seats. Voter turnout was 57.9%.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Czech Social Democratic Party	1,440,279	30.20	70	–4
Civic Democratic Party	1,166,975	24.47	58	–5
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia	882,653	18.51	41	+17
KDU-ČSL-US-DEU	680,670	14.27	31	+11
Union of Independents	132,699	2.78	0	New
Green Party	122,929	2.36	0	0
Republicans of Miroslav Sládek	46,325	0.97	0	New
Rural Party	41,773	0.87	0	New
Party for a Secure Life	41,404	0.86	0	New
Czech National Social Party	38,655	0.81	0	0
Hope	29,955	0.62	0	New
Right Bloc	28,163	0.59	0	New
Civic Democratic Alliance	24,278	0.50	0	New
Choice for the Future	16,730	0.35	0	New
Path of Change	13,169	0.27	0	New
Moravian Democratic Party	12,957	0.27	0	0
Common Sense Party	10,849	0.22	0	New
Akce za zrus.Senatu a proti t.	9,637	0.20	0	New
Balbinova poeticka strana	9,287	0.19	0	New
Humanist Alliance	8,461	0.17	0	New
Republicans	6,786	0.14	0	New
National Democratic Party	5,532	0.11	0	New
Democratic League	4,059	0.08	0	New
Czech Right	2,041	0.04	0	New
Czech Social Democratic Movement	602	0.01	0	New
Roma Civic Initiative	523	0.01	0	New
Party of Democratic Socialism	475	0.00	0	New
New Movement	139	0.00	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	21,139	–	–	–
Total	4,789,145	100	200	0
Registered voters/turnout	8,264,484	57.9	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Popular vote
ČSSD			30.20%
ODS			24.47%
KSČM			18.51%
KDU-ČSL-US-DEU			14.27%
SNK			2.78%
SZ			2.36%
Others			7.41%